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9.0
8265
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Spoon’s most intelligent album in a catalog full of intelligent albums
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8.0
8614
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
Transference is less immediate than its predecessor, so it probably won’t be their breakthrough moment either, but boy, is it good
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8.0
8206
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The songs would have sounded great in any year since 1993: the fact they have appeared at the beginning of an already flaky-sounding 2010 is a great blessing
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8.0
7756
8.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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8.0
7757
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
7868
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Spoon are equally as enjoyable, and perhaps that bit more intriguing, when they are a little bit harder to fathom. Plus, to put it simply, there ain't a duff track to be found here
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8.0
7947
8.0 |
The Guardian
Another unfussy, unshowy winner
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8.0
8019
8.0 |
PopMatters
Transference may not reach the same dizzying heights as Kill the Moonlight or Gimme Fiction did, but it’s still better than half the indie-rock music that’s out there today
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7.8
8053
7.8 |
Pitchfork
It can be a bit of a let down if you come in expecting another blockbuster like Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, but something of a revelation if you meet them halfway
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7.0
8104
7.0 |
NME
...might be one of their best, with the band and leader Britt Daniel sounding as energised and playful as a puppy
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7.0
7845
7.0 |
Spin
Rarely going beyond three chords, Transference is an aural Zen garden: minimalist lines and meticulously rendered patterns anchored by Daniel's brittle cool
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7.0
8147
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The bulk of Transference is a provocative blast, a union of Daniel's art-pop ambitions and his band's total-pop strengths
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7.0
8188
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Transference offers up several solid additions to the Spoon canon and setlist, but narrowly misses living up to its pedigree
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7.0
8267
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
These songs could’ve easily strayed into the arena-anthem territory regularly mined by the Snow Patrols of the world, but in Spoon’s capable hands, these songs hit home without straining for effect
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7.0
8501
7.0 |
The Quietus
...perhaps the cult of consistency that surrounds Spoon is nothing more than just a celebration of the technically proficient but entirely mundane. And is that really something worth shouting about?
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6.0
8143
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Where their past three albums are flawless examples of catchy pop music made out of fragmented hooks and melodic scraps ... Transference, is more parts than sum
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6.0
7758
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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5.0
7940
5.0 |
musicOMH
What's missing is an immediacy, an underlying urgency, that infiltrated earlier studio efforts
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